Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-10
The 9Iau who Should Not be a School
Trustee.

The Dian Who Should Not be a School
Trustee.
EN ROUTE, September 8. Isl.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
i. The man who is extremely anxious to
be, not because he knows anything about
school matters, or even knows anything
ir particular aside from q little "hoss,"
"cow," "butter and eggs" or q little
cross road politics, but because he is
ledge, squire, doc, kunneI, m9iah, or
! lord knows what, and the opportunity it
| gives him to sOrter boss things and sass
| the teacher.
=. A man who has outliyed his useful
ness, and is looked upon simply IS
"soNd citizen" and q clever old man,
WbO lived here when there were only
! three houses il the town.
B. A man Who is go rushed with bust
ness that he never has time to attend
meeting OF The board, or If he does by
chance fiud time to attend once 3 qusr-
ter, never has time to serve on e com
miltee, though the duties are imperative
and the schools suffering daily because
CT his lack of time TO spare from his per-
sousl affairs to attend TO the matter.
l. A man whose business calls him out
OF town four-ftths of the time and his
only means of keeping posted on affairs
at home is by tine newspaper paragraphs
ne sees III his travels abroad.
5. a man who is continually harping
on the employment of "hOme talent" re-
gardess of the fact inst there happens to
be no home talent Just suited 10 the needs
and demands of the schools, but th&t he
may foster mis- pet philanthropic idea Of
encouraging 'h0me talent" IS willing to
turn the public schools into g Charita ole
institution liz order to give employment
to some clever old widow lady who &C
tually needs it, or to give employment TO
our own dear girls, God bless them!
s. A poor old rooster who is so easily
"mashedn on 9 pretty face, cCquettish,
winning ways and good clothes !;
who feels sense of "goneness, fan me
quick, give me air." when tackled by one
of the dear girls in that killing, "Oh,
chuck me under the CHM way you
know, as "Doctsh, please, now, pretty
do, ""Majah, take me in out of the cold,
kiss me quick and let me go, OH" style,
you know.
Curtain and die sway music.
I. a man who never has time to visit
the schools except on "big day"
occasions.
g dollar, the expenditure Of which might
save ten to the district snd Dc CT untold
value TIC the community ST large.
8. A man who is elected to the place
solely because he belongs to a certain
church sect, tribe, gang, clique. ring or
nationality whose influence and patronage
we hope to secure to our schools.
10. A man who has no business OF his
own and wouldn't attend to it if he had,
snd has plenty OF leisure time to nose
around the schools and tell the teachers,
who know more in a minute than he does
in month, how he used to teach and how
they must conduct themselves after his
way Of thinking if they hope to retain
their place, and takes occasion TO occupy
much of the teachers valuable time in re-
hearsing to the little boys chapter OF his
life, how he came to be such 8 weightY
citizen, how he went to school in the sold
log schoolhousen Chestnut snd how he
rose from one position of trust TO anoth-
er until he was elected to the responsible
position ST "iustiCe Of the peace" over in
the Black Jack dis trict st the early age Of
iort7-fve.
II. TIE chronic kicker and msn who
prides himself on holding grudge
against some teacher or other member OF
the boSrd and swesrs to Get even with
him for something he did last year.
u. The man VINO does not care snap
for the school interests, but who literally
speaking wears goggles made Of silver
dollars, and hes himself elected on the
bosrd solely for the purpose OF handling
public money and losnirg it out st per
cent. month for his own private gain
and in his most liberal moods discount
ing the school orders of the poor devil
teacher st % per cent. of for cash.
IS. And lastly the man who knows so
dsrned much about matters in general
and school affairs in particular that you
can't teach him anything. MAX,